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Megan Reilly on World Cafe | July 10, 2012

Originally from Memphis but a resident of New York City for the past decade or so, singer-songwriter Megan Reilly has a fan in Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, who helped her get her original record deal. Ever since, Reilly's country-inflected soft rock has evolved further into pop territory since her 2002 debut Arc of Tessa and 2006's Let Your Ghost Go.

It wasn't that long ago that Reilly was featured on World Cafe: Next as an artist on the rise — and she's accompanied John Wesley Harding, who performs a duet on her new album, on this program before. Here, she returns to World Cafe to perform new songs and chat with host David Dye about the influence of traditional and psychedelic folk music on her third studio album, The Well. (link)

Playlist

(( )) for interlude music

HOUR 1

Luna "Waiting On a Friend" Close Cover Before Striking
Divine Fits "My Love is Real" A Thing Called Divine Fits
Feist "How Come You Never Go There" Metals
Paul Simon "Born At the Right Time" The Rhythm of the Saints
Glen Hansard "Love Don't Leave Me Waiting" Rhythm and Repose
((Megan Reilly "Under the Waves" Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Megan Reilly "Throw It Out" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Megan Reilly "The Lady of Leitrim" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Megan Reilly "To Seal My Love" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
((Megan Reilly "Throw it Out" Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Richard Thompson "Shoot Out the Lights" Shoot Out the Lights
Mark Knopfler "Why Aye Man" The Ragpicker's Dream
The Shins "Simple Song" Port of Morrow